Special Report: Debating the Next War
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Whether in the run-up to the Libya operation or current discussions about the merits of intervening in Syria or Iran, the debate over whether or not to go to war reveals as much about the global conversation over intervention as it does about any particular case. This special report uses WPR's coverage of recent debates over intervention to review the terms of the debate over the eternal "next war."
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Below are links to each article in this special report, which subscribers can read in full. Not a subscriber? Purchase this document for Kindle or as a PDF from Scribd. Or subscribe now.
The Coming War With Iran
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
February 13, 2012
Nothing Inevitable About War With Iran
By Robert Farley
February 22, 2012
Iran's Fading Deterrent Could Increase the Lure of Going Nuclear
By Zachary Keck
January 18, 2012
Syria, Iran and the Enduring Allure of Airpower
By Robert Farley
January 25, 2012
R2P and Libya
In Libya, Political Will Catches Up With New R2P Norm
By Thomas G. Weiss
June 28, 2011
Overreach Could Mean the End of R2P
By Daniel Larison
June 28, 2011
R2P: Liberalizing War
By Robert Jackson
June 28, 2011
Can R2P Survive the Pressures of Politics and War?
By Heather Hurlburt
June 28, 2011
R2P: The Limits of Fear
By Nikolas Gvosdev
June 28, 2011
Libya: Precedents and Lessons Learned
Initial Lessons Learned From Libyan Intervention
By Robert Farley
April 20, 2011
A Dictator's Primer on the Libyan Intervention
By Nikolas Gvosdev
April 8, 2011
Drawing the Right Lessons on Airpower from Libya
By Robert Farley
October 26, 2011
Libya, Airpower and Executive War Powers
By Robert Farley
June 29, 2011
Making Sense of the 'New' U.S. Interventionism
By Nikolas Gvosdev
September 16, 2011
Libya and Syria: The BRICS Perspective
BRICs Fall Flat on UNSC Libya Vote
By Michael Cecire
March 28, 2011
By Yogesh Joshi
March 11, 2011
Civis Sinicus Sum: China's Great Power Burdens in Libya
By Jonas Parello-Plesner
March 3, 2011
Should China Abandon its Non-Interference Policy?
By Iain Mills
February 8, 2012
Russia's UNSC Syria Veto a Calculated Gamble
By Richard Weitz
February 7, 2012
Russia's UNSC Defense of Syria Reflects Broader Diplomatic Weakness
By Richard Gowan
January 31, 2012
On Syria, Sovereignty Comes First for Southern Democracies
By Nikolas Gvosdev
October 7, 2011
- Abu Muqawama: Locating the Real Risk of Syria Spillover in Lebanon, Iraq
- With Eye on Regional Security, U.S. Looks Past Algeria's Flawed Elections
- Deep State: Reading the Tea Leaves Ahead of Iran Nuclear Talks
- Iran's Political Chaos Could Put Domestic, Foreign Policy on Hold
- World Citizen: Israeli Realignment Changes Prospects for Peace and War